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To the Editor: The diagnosis of asthma in children is based largely on symptoms and physical findings, since tests of lung function are often difficult to obtain. Although wheeze and cough are commonly recognized as symptoms of asthma, other asthma symptoms may not be recognized. We report here on throat clearing as a lone, and previously underrecognized, symptom of asthma.

We distributed 2690 questionnaires, based on those used in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood,¹ to parents of children attending 70 day-care centers in 2 cities and 32 villages in Crete, Greece. The questionnaire was modified, on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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